nextwork.io

remote work

nextwork.io is a blog to help workers and organizations benefit and profit from remote work.​According to Global Workplace Analytics, remote workers grew as an employee sector by 6.5% between 2013 and 2014, while the employee population as a whole only grew by 1.8%. Work-at-home among the non-self-employed has grown by 103% since 2005 and 6.5% in 2014 alone.

Those numbers reflect well known, yet profound technology innovations and social transformations.

​As Baby Boomers shift their attention to a professional “third act” and their tech-immersed Millennial colleagues negotiate work/life integration, new and logical reasons to embrace remote work will continue to emerge.

societal benefits

Although corporate cost reductions have driven its initial popularity, remote work will ultimately mainstream because it's the best thing for society. Individuals who work remote often spend more time around their neighbors and purchase goods closer to home, integrating neighborhoods and promoting localism.

Remote work also provides families with a renewed flexibility for primary caregivers, so younger and older family members often remain at home longer, strengthening the relationships and mental well-being of families.

Advances in collaboration and workflow technology, along with the growing understanding of the importance of empathy in the workplace means we're on the cusp of remote work no longer being considered a novelty.

My hopes are that we permanently reverse the separation between work and home that Alan Watts described way back in 1966, when he wrote:

​"...the home in an industrial society is chiefly a dormitory, and the father does not work there, with the result that wife and children have no part in his vocation."

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